The article offers information on the performance of mining exploration during 2008 worldwide. During the last quarter of the year, the industry experienced a major decline when it encountered an abrupt international economic slump, leaving producers and industry vendors nervously peering ahead to assess if the next obstacle would be worse than expected. Because of the economic crisis, there is a quick unraveling of commodity prices, disappearance of credit sources for junior companies and a mass exodus of investors, leaving the mineral exploration funding and activity in a dire situation.
Upprättat; 2009; 20091105 (mageri)